The World Bank has warned that the incompetence of President Muhammadu Buhari’s regime in addressing worsening insecurity and harsh economic situation may fuel national unrest and impede the growth of Africa’s most populous nation.
World Bank, in its flagship report for 2022, titled “Global Economic prospect”, also cited mounting insecurity in Afghanistan, expressing concerns that it could further spread to Nigeria due to citizens’ dissatisfaction with the regime.
“Deteriorating security conditions in Afghanistan, for instance, could generate instability in nearby countries, while conflict and violence in several countries in sub-Saharan Africa (for example, Ethiopia, Mali, Nigeria, and Sudan) could escalate,” the institution said.
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